NRNP 6560 Final Exam Review

General Pre and Post Op Care • Hemoglobin in relation to surgery • Predictors of increased morbidity and mortality post-operatively • Risks factors for poor wound healing • Medications the patient should take on the morning of surgery • Positioning in the PACU Head, Neck, Esophagus, and Diaphragm • Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) diagnosis and treatment • Otitis Externa – secondary treatment • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma- treatment related complications • Achalasia risk factors • Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia repair Cardiology • EKG interpretation of different types of MI according to the leads presenting with signs of ischemia • Society of Thoracic Surgeon’s statistics and synopsis regarding patient outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting and mortality • INR management • Mitral stenosis with catheter-based balloon mitral valvotomy and reduction of the transvalvular pressure gradient • Types of aortic aneurysms and immediate surgery Pulmonary and Shock • Fatty Lipoma • Thymoma and autoimmune disorders • Positive TB skin test and when treatment is needed • Cardiac pressures related to shock and PE • Treatment for neurogenic shock, distributive-septic shock, and cardiogenic shock